The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS)

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is an organisation comprised of the world’s leading international professional respiratory societies presenting a unifying voice to improve lung health globally.

FIRS’ societies are leaders in developing, presenting, and disseminating evidence for the value and means of NCD prevention and control of respiratory disease, which is their mission.

Each society is made up of medical specialists in respiratory diseases. Their memberships together have more than 70,000 professionals, who devote their working lives to some aspect of respiratory health or disease.

Their annual meetings provide a forum for nearly all important research in the field. The journals of these societies publish the significant respiratory scientific breakthroughs. Their educational venues teach or train the majority of respiratory specialists in the world.

Meetings of the societies gather individuals with the greatest knowledge and expertise to discuss their latest research findings. The findings include information about the nature, prevalence, burden, causes, prevention, control and cure of diseases.

The societies’ expert members develop statements, guidelines and recommendations on respiratory topics. These guidelines influence how healthcare providers everywhere diagnose, treat and care for their patients with respiratory problems. The members of these societies are distributed across the globe and interact and impact on the lives of many, or most, people with serious respiratory disease.

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FIRS’ societies are leaders in developing, presenting, and disseminating evidence for the value and means of NCD prevention and control of respiratory disease, which is their mission.

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